Complete Games : 1943 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1943 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Spud Chandler 20 New York Yankees 1
Tex Hughson 20 Boston Red Sox  
Orval Grove 18 Chicago White Sox 3
Dizzy Trout 18 Detroit Tigers  
Butch Wensloff 18 New York Yankees  
Tiny Bonham 17 New York Yankees 6
Jim Bagby 16 Cleveland Indians 7
Lum Harris 15 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Dutch Leonard 15 Washington Senators  
Hank Borowy 14 New York Yankees 10
Denny Galehouse 14 St. Louis Browns  
Al Smith 14 Cleveland Indians  
Eddie Smith 14 Chicago White Sox  
Jesse Flores 13 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Steve Sundra 13 St. Louis Browns  
Roger Wolff 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
Don Black 12 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Bill Dietrich 12 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Muncrief 12 St. Louis Browns  
Johnny Niggeling 12 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Early Wynn 12 Washington Senators  
Tommy Bridges 11 Detroit Tigers 22
Allie Reynolds 11 Cleveland Indians  
Hal Newhouser 10 Detroit Tigers 24
Virgil Trucks 10 Detroit Tigers  



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.